Federal contractor · GRISWOLD, CT

AST ASSOCIATES INC

AST ASSOCIATES INC received $192.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 84 awards (−52% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.1M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($192.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$192.7K
New awards
84
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
15%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 283.8KFY2017
  2. 364.3KFY2018
  3. 525.3KFY2019
  4. 134.3KFY2020
  5. 205.6KFY2021
  6. 280.5KFY2022
  7. 338.3KFY2023
  8. 347.1KFY2024
  9. 403.9KFY2025
  10. 192.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$192.7K100%
    84 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$118.3K61%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$74.3K39%

Where the work was performed

  1. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$192.7K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition15%
    US 39% · $28.4K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions15%
    US 8.7% · $28.4K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. 8512120639!PARTS KIT,TRACK LIN$31.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· SPE7L326P3943
  2. 8511663782!BRUSH,CLEANING,ARTI$19.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 26, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· SPE7L125P8368
  3. 8511977506!CONNECTORASSEMBLY$15.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 16, 2026 – May 29, 2026· SPE7M126V7094
  4. 8511755120!PARTS KIT,GUN MOUNT$6,898
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 13, 2025 – Nov 13, 2025· SPE7L426V0323
  5. 8512018361!FILLER NECK,VEHICUL$6,567
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 13, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE7L326P3152
  6. 8511251475!SPACER,SLEEVE$6,544
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 25, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026· SPE4A125P1138
  7. 8512007421!ADAPTER,STRAIGHT,TU$6,079
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· SPE7M326P0844
  8. 8511713565!PLUNGER TOOL$5,632
    Defense Logistics Agency· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 21, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025· SPE7L726P0263

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 34 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ADVANCED CNC MANUFACTURING, INC.$876.5K−33% in FY2026
    ODESSA, FL · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturing+6 more
  2. MC & R ENTERPRISES, INC$687.4K+75% in FY2026
    SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other miscellaneous manufacturing+9 more
  3. JAY-TEX AVIATION LLC.$700.8K−40% in FY2026
    MOUNT PLEASANT, TX · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing+9 more

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.